Hendrik Lorentz

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
Born	(1853-07-18)18 July 1853 Arnhem, Netherlands
Died	4 February 1928(1928-02-04) (aged 74) Haarlem, Netherlands
Nationality	Netherlands
Alma mater	University of Leiden
Known for	Lorentz transformation Theory of EM radiation Lorentz force Lorentz contraction
Awards	Nobel Prize for Physics (1902) Rumford Medal (1908) Franklin Medal (1917) Copley Medal (1918)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Doctoral advisor	Pieter Rijke
Doctoral students	Geertruida L. de Haas-Lorentz Adriaan Fokker Leonard Ornstein Hendrika Johanna van Leeuwen

Hendrik Antoon Lorentz (18 July 1853 – 4 February 1928) was a Dutch physicist. In 1902, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics together with Pieter Zeeman for the discovery and theoretical explanation of the Zeeman effect. He also derived the transformation equations that were later used by Albert Einstein to describe space and time.